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Cboe says VIX just needs more liquidity as manipulation rumblings continue SEC and CFTC are taking a look, Bloomberg reported this weekCboe officials speak up on earnings call as allegations its widely used VIX stock-market volatility benchmark is manipulated hover over the market.

How to know when U.S. stocks will bottom, according to eight investing pros Bottom line: It may be too early to give the all-clearBottom line: It may be too early to give the all-clear. By Michael Brush.

Here’s how to understand — and prosper from — the stock market’s wild moves If you kept cash on the sidelines, the next step is to know when to buyIf you kept cash on the sidelines, the next step is to know when to buy. By Nigam Arora.

Traders and bankers will get some of their bonuses in bitcoin There would be some hurdles to clear — legal, technical and practicalBanks and brokerages will tap bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to digitally juice big year-end payouts of hard cash and deferred stock awards to traders and bankers, Wall Street insiders claim.

You’re being given bad information about stock-market volatility Low volatility does not signal that the stock market is topping outLow volatility does not signal that the stock market is topping out, says Simon Maierhofer.

Wall Street pros recall ‘sheer panic’ of October 1987 stock-market crash ‘I was holding my breath, just like everyone else…’The U.S. stock market plunged into a bear market in a single day on October 19, 1987. Here’s how some analysts, traders and strategists remember that moment.

How S&P 500 options may be used to manipulate VIX ‘fear gauge’ Some $1.8 billion may have been transferred through VIX manipulation, study findsSome investors and financial academics—and even one of the VIX’s designers—say heavily traded VIX derivatives are vulnerable to an index settlement mechanism calculated once a month from underlying SPX options that are less liquid.

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